The Sit Bones?

[RoadRaven]

When you sit, you should be able to feel the prssure of bones in each cheek that press through your glutes toward the seat...

These are your "sit" bones.

You can probably feel them if your press your butt cheeks with your hands too.

Good advice from Deanna with how to find them too...

These are the bones that should be supported by your seat, and since not all women have the same shape/size pelvis there are a variety of shapes in women-specific seats.

Your goal is to find one that supports your sit bones. It doesn't matter how wide or narrow the flesh of your bottom is, it is your sit bones you need to heed.

If you have been finding the seat you use comfortable, you don't get back or leg pain, and your but and "girly bits" are ok... just stay with the seat you have, Nokomis... if its working, don't try to fix it.

[Nokomis]

thanks!

Should the sit bones then be centered in the pad on each half of the saddle?

[RoadRaven]

Hi there Nokomis

Actually, you know... thats a really good question

I have never thought about it

I just know that when I "sit" on the saddle, I feel supported on both cheeks because the weight-bearing part of my but - where the sit-bones are - is supported.

I will check it out when I head out for a ride this afternoon...

[DebW]

thanks!

Should the sit bones then be centered in the pad on each half of the saddle?

I believe the sit bones should be on the outer part of the padding for road riders. You will be bent forward enough that putting your sit bones in the center of the padding would prohibit your thigh bones from moving freely given your pelvis angle. You may not be sitting on the very back of the saddle, but on the forward edge where the back of the saddle begins to narrow. In other words, exactly where you end up sitting on the saddle may vary from saddle to saddle, so the base width doesn't tell you everything. You have to try it.